It
is a sad fact that the EU is breaking down under the strain of bad
leadership. There is no one person or country to blame but rather the
obsession in quarters of the Troika bureaucratic monster to take
total control over European destiny. Federalism has been told time
and time again that it is not welcome and time and time again
Federalists respond with arrogance, denial and condescending remarks
that they know better.
This
month a bewildering choice by the Oslo peace committee to award the
EU (read; leg up for EU Federalism) was met with an almost universal
shaking of heads. As one German lady remarked “What did they get it
for? Straight Bananas.”
Eurozone
leaderships pays humble homage to the Troika "dogs of financial
terror." IMF, E.U. commission,
E.C.B. If this is how they treat their own then how will they behave if
and when they get their sought after European army. They now demand a
financial overlord to dictate national budgets. It will be just all
figures and to hell with social order. Art of Superstate needs a
clean out. This current EU is just plain fickle and the Federalist
plan just plain dangerous to follow.
As
one of the "dogs of financial terror," ECB's
Mario
Draghi, recently
declared to the press,
"Countries
will have to transfer part of their sovereignty to the European
level. (Troika). Several
governments have not yet fully understood that they lost their
national sovereignty long ago when they ran up huge debts. They are
now dependent on the goodwill of the financial markets," the "financial terror
chief" said.
Meantime
Brussels foot soldiers are clamouring for rises to their budgets and
huge salaries, to be paid for by those they force to belt tighten.
An EU Commission official politely put it, "Because
of language requirements, we are better educated than national civil
servants. We're high fliers not burger flippers."
However
the fight to save democracy is still on. Some countries such as the
UK are planning their escape. Others are pondering over the course
the EU is heading and whether it is dragging Europe apart.
Since
the new age of democracy it has been understood citizens shall chose
who governs them.
"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien
power over us. The ultimate rulers of democracy are not presidents,
senators or government officials, but voters.” Franklin D Roosevelt
1938.
Technocrats and plutocrats may scoff at this as idealistic fantasy
but they too should remember that regime change is also at the hand
of the Mob.